Collar-button.



H. I. SKIDMORE.

COLLAR BUTTON,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1916.

1 %6%,@9?m Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

HARRIET ISABELLA SKIDMORE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. so, rare.

Application filed September 14, 1916. Serial No. 120,115.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIETT ISABELLA SKIDMORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Collar-But ton; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to an improved collar button, and an object ofthe invention is to provide a collar button having means which willslidably engage the outer wall of the elongated pocket, which is usuallyprovided at the rear of the shirt band, so that the collar may slidebackward and forward, when adjusting the same, so that its opposite endsmay be connected to the front 001- lar button.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a collar button havinga shank constructed from a single length of metallic Wire, bent to forma substantially circular loop to engage the pocket of the shirt band,the opposite ends of the loop being twisted together and extendingoutwardly, upwardly and slightly inwardly toward the loop, andsubsequently outwardly, to be connected to the collar button proper.

A further object of the invention is to form a substantially flatportion in the upper part of the loop, to engage the upper part of thepocket of the shirt band, to guide and hold the collar button straightor erect.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings v Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a portion of ashirt band, showing the collar button applied, and the collar held inplace by the same.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the collar buttondetached.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a collar buttonshank, which is constructed from a single length of wire, which is bentto form a substantially circular portion 2 to engage the usual pocket30f the rear part of the shirt band 4:. This circular portion has astraight part 5 to engage the upper part of the pocket, to guide andhold the button erect. The opposite end portions of the circularport-ion are twisted together, as shown at 6, which part 6 extendsoutwardly, and passes the lower edge of the outer wall of the pocket.The end portions are further twisted together and extend upwardly andslightly inwardly toward the circular part so as to force the outer wallof the pocket slightly through the circular part, thereby holding thecollar button securely in position, the parts of the upwardly andinwardly extending portion being twisted together and extendingoutwardly as shown at 8, at right angles to the upwardly and inwardlyextending part. The parts of the portion 8, at their extremities, arewelded or formed into one piece,

and which piece is threaded or otherwise secured into a suitable button9, of bone or pearl or any other suitable material. After arranging theshank in the pocket of the shirt band, and attaching the collar to thebutton, as shown in Fig. 1, the collar may be moved backward andforward, so that the opposite ends of the collar may be made to meetproperly in front, The straight part of the circular portion preventsthe shank of the collar button from leaning toward one side or theother, thereby holding the shank erect.

The invention having been set forth, what isclaimed as new and useful,is

A collar button, formed from a single length of spring wire having astraight part midway its ends, the end portions of the wire beyond thestraight part being curved in substantially circular form, therebyproviding a body adapted to extend upwardly into the pocket at the rearof a shirt band, whereby said straight part is adapted to engage theupper part of a pocket to hold the circular body in position and fromrocking, said end portions beyond the straight part at a pointdiametrically opposite said straight part being twisted together to forma rigid shank, said shank projecting outwardly from the lower part of acircular body and adapted to extend under the lower edge of the outerwall of the pocket, and upwardly and inwardly and adapted to impingeagainst the outer surface of the wall 7 of thep'ocket, whereby adepression may be v In testimony whereof I have signed my formed in theouter Wall of the po'eke't'bename to this specification in the presenceof 10 low the straight part thereby holding the two subscribingWitnesses.

collar button firmly position, the upper ends of the twisted parts ofsaid shanks ex- BELLE SKIDMORL' tending laterally and having fixed thelete Witnesses:

a button to engage through the button hole ERNEST OEGEKEN, M. D.,

ofa collar; I ELIZABETH NEHRING.

copies of this patent may be 'obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the"-Gommiss1oner of Patents.

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